Famous Quotes

"It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved."

Herbert Read on Society

More quotes about Society

• "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

• "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."

  Robert A. Heinlein on Society

• "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

  Jiddu Krishnamurti on Society

• "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society

• "There is more to life than increasing its speed."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

More quotes by Herbert Read

• "The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair."

• "To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism."

• "Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence."

• "To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism."

• "The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough."